Schumy will retire at the end of the season...

Some of you might think I'm being silly,
but to me Michael Schumacher's announcement
that he is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of this season
is a sad thing for me.

I know it has nothing to do with anything important in the world,
but I've watched every single Formula 1 race since 1994,
and Schumy has always been the greatest driver to me.

Maybe it's not so much that he's retiring,
as it is that I am reminiscing about these past 12 years of my life.
So much has happened since his first championship in 1994,
and his retiring is like an end of an era,
and end of this portion of my life.

Yes it sounds silly, but I will miss seeing him race.

The records he holds speak for themselves...

Titles: 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Wins: 90
Pole Positions: 68
Most wins in a single season: 13 (2004)
Successive wins in a season: seven (2004)
Most fastest race laps: 75
Most points in a single season: 148 (2004)
Most successive seasons with a win: 15
Most podiums: 153
Most second-place finishes: 43
Most wins at the same grand prix: 8 (France)
Most wins from pole position: 40
Most clean sweeps (pole position, race win, and fastest lap): 22
Most successive podiums: 19 (2001-02)
Biggest winning points margin: 67 (2002)
Fastest title: 2002 (won in July with six races to spare)

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